More States Challenging National Driver's Licenses

berberine writes "A revolt against a national driver's license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states. The Maine Legislature on Jan. 26 overwhelmingly passed a resolution objecting to the Real ID Act of 2005. The federal law sets a national standard for driver's licenses and requires states to link their record-keeping systems to national databases. Within a week of Maine's action, lawmakers in Georgia, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont and Washington state also balked at Real ID. They are expected soon to pass laws or adopt resolutions declining to participate in the federal identification network. Maine's rejection was recently discussed on slashdot."

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i see your problem

[circletimessquare]

you genuinely cannot work on the level of concepts, you need details

so lets give you details to prove you wrong:

san diego wants to pave a road in san diego. is that of interest to washington dc? of course not. its not even of interest in sacramento. (its a city concern, not even a state concern, but that's another argument against your fracturing of the country: how far do you go?)

now what are we talking about here in this thread? a national problem, illegals and terrorists getting fake ids. they get a fake id in virginia, allowing them to board a plane in boston. it's a NATIONAL problem, not a LOCAL problem. get it?

so: i grant you that a LOCAL problem is better solved LOCALLY, you are right to illustrate that concept

now: do you grant me that a NATIONAL problem is better solved NATIONALLY?

in your mind is a NATIONAL problem solved better LOCALLY?

see if you can answer that question in the realm of concepts, without getting bogged down in tedious details: "it's not written down by a lawyer on a piece of paper, so it is not true!"